1883. Brinsley-Richards, Seven Years at Eton. Croppie, who abominated all laws and delighted in transgressions, resolved to go to the fair, and without difficulty he persuaded the Pug and me to join him. One day AFTER TWELVE the three of us passed over Windsor Bridge in the same condition as the “bold adventurers” alluded to in Gray’s Ode.
The Twelve, subs. (Harrow).—See quot., and Appendix.
1899. Public School Mag., Dec., p. 446. The working system of the school has lately been slightly altered. Above the two sixth forms there has been placed a Head-master’s “TWELVE,” with the object of training the first TWELVE on the classical side for ’Varsity life. They are only in school about three hours a day, but have to get through a tough amount of work at their leisure.
Twelve Apostles, subs. 1. (Cambridge).—The last twelve in the Mathematical Tripos.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Pluck.... These unfortunate fellows are designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as the TWELVE APOSTLES, the Legion of Honour, Wise Men of the East, &c.
2. (Stonyhurst).—The twelve first Stonyhurst boys.
1887. Stonyhurst Mag., iii. 90. Stonyhurst boys of all past times since the coming of the original “TWELVE APOSTLES” ... will have noticed once a year, about Eastertide, a curious notice ... giving warning of an approaching meeting of the Court Leet.
Twenty (The), subs. (Rugby).—The Sixth Form.
Twenty-two and Twenty-two, subs. phr. (Winchester: obsolete).—Football: twenty-two a side.
Twig (The), subs. (Marlborough: obsolete).—The Head-master. [In whose authority rested the use of the birch.]